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Old 01-31-2009, 05:08 PM   #1
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Forum Format Preferences?

For those games with websites featuring forums, what are your thoughts regarding the variety of them? In other words, do you prefer a minimalist approach or do you try to diversify them by as many different topics as possible? For my own game's forums I think I had a reasonable balance. For the new RPMUD forums, the Operating Committee has had various thoughts in how we'll approach them compared to how they were done before. I thought I'd ask what people's impressions were of what looks and works best.

For the record, the site used to have the following:

Announcements
Suggestions
Bug Reports
Administrative Discussion
Building Discussion
Code Discussion
Design
Now Hiring
Open Podium (General, non-MU* discussions)
Role-Play Discussion
Websites
Contributions
Literary Reviews
Publication Announcements
(25) Individual Game Forums

As noted at the bottom of the list, there was also one forum for every game in the listings, 25 presently. Considering that by broadening the scope a bit, we're potentially listing 360+ games on the site, that's a fairly implausible way of organizing a functional forum format (try saying that fast ten times) that isn't cluttered.

Personally, my thoughts are that there really only need be the following:

Announcements
Suggestions
General RP MU* Discussions
Role-Play Issues and Discussions
General Design and Issues
Building Design and Issues
Code Design and Issues
Website Design and Issues

I just thought I'd poll here and see what input I could get that I could further bring to the Committee's discussions. Thanks.

Jason
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